In your own words: stories from school leaders
In this section school leaders from throughout New Zealand give their perspectives on leadership.
Applying the Leadership BES at Papatoetoe Intermediate
by Brian Hinchco
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Brian Hincho is principal at Papatoetoe Intermediate. At the start of 2010 senior staff at the school began trialling a change in their management structure. The trial was based on the research findings in School Leadership and Student Outcomes: Identifying what works and why: BES Iteration. The key change that they made was to disestablish the roles of the deputy principals, and to create a Leading Learners team. Here Brian tells the story of the thinking behind the change.
Hamish Ruawai: leading learning
by Hamish Ruawai
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Managing self and relating to others are really important for all students, but to Māori students in particular. We know that for Māori students to be effective learners they need effective relationships with people who are teaching them. This knowledge influences how Hamish Ruawai and his team work at Kaikohe West School.
Reflections from a first-time principal
by Juliette Hayes
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Principal Juliette Hayes moved from a deputy principal's position in Hamilton to take up a principal's role in rural South Canterbury. She reflects here on how her first year is going.
Becoming a principal and making a difference
by Louise Anaru
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In this story Louise Anaru, principal of Flaxmere College in Hastings, writes about her journey towards becoming a principal, her own learning, the importance of mentors and the moral imperative to achieve equity for her students that underpins her leadership practice.
Tamaki primary: turnaround school
by Corinne Hansell
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With her staff, board and community Corinne Hansell is providing leadership that is turning Tamaki Primary School around. This is their story.
Stories from the Experienced Principals Development Programme
Over 2009 and 2010 the Experienced Principals Development Programme (EPDP) provided professional learning for experienced principals which focused on leading change and creating conditions that support effective teaching and learning for every student. These In Your Own Words stories highlight experiences from two rural and two urban participants in the Canterbury EPDP.
Preparing for principalship: a personal story
by Lisa Morresey
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First-time principal Lisa Morresey moved mid-year from her deputy principal position at Fairfield Intermediate School in Hamilton to become principal at Mt Maunganui Intermediate School. Here she writes about how important regional and national aspiring principal programmes have been in helping prepare her for principalship.
Invercargill schools collaborate
by Nicola Allen, Yvonne Browning, Rowana Skelt
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A single transition form for the whole of Invercargill has replaced the individual forms each secondary school used to collect information from primary schools in the area. Southland Girls’ High School was part of the initiative to set up this process. Each secondary school and primary school has contributed to the development of the transition form and the Southland Girls’ High School staff finalised it. Three of the Southland Girls’ staff talk here about how the quality of transition for staff, students and the wider community has improved.
Rethinking school-wide self-review: a New Zealand model and application
Cashmere Primary School in Christchurch was already well set up in terms of school development and review processes. Principal Jacqui Duncan used her sabbatical time to think about ways to advance their practices of critical school-wide self-review. This article examines the process that she used.
Fiona Dwyer - Taihape Principals’ Cluster: principals working together to enhance their own practice
Fiona Dwyer, principal of Mataroa School and Chair of the Taihape Principals’ Cluster talks about how the cluster functions and how Kiwi Leadership for Principals (KLP) shaped their meetings.
